1 AdAware is the greatest. They update its definitions almost every day, too! It's amazing. All this, and free free free. All hail Lavasoft!

2 I'm sold, just installed it, thanks.

3 Do yourself a favor and run both AdAware *and* Spybot - Search & Destroy. Spybot can be found here: http://www.safer-networking.org/

4 Spybot is good. i used it first, but it didn't get everything and Ad-aware zapped what Spybot missed. Using both together is probably the best protection. i do have one question. When-U-Search changed my settings so that IE loads automatically whenever i boot. i don't like that. How do i change that back to normal?

5 Start-up settings in your control panel? You should be able to find all the programs that launch at startup there. Re: Spybot--I use it, too, but it is updated so much less frequently than Ad-Aware. My sole gripe. A program I recommend for having greater control over Windows in general (one easy stop to modify all sorts of things, including things like which programs launch at startup) is TuneUp Utilities, which I SWEAR by. It's not free, though you can try it out for free--it is relatively cheap, though, for all the functionality it provides. It does a million excellent things I don't have space to list: http://www.tune-up.com/

6 Excellent tip, Fox. i'll check it out.

7 Anni, I thought you knew. So, where'd you get that malware? Been cruising porn sites? hehehehe

8 Actually, Casca, i think i got it from an email sent to me by a Wilfred Owen fan down south. ; )

9 Dulce et decorum est... actually, I think it was Sassoon. Say do you have a copy of "The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston"? I have an extra.